Depressing if the labs dress up not collaborating on a pacing proposal as antitrust instead of creating industry standard bodies.
How can either party really trust each other though? On a level between individuals, sure. Between organizations, not really. Needs a third party.
First step is for industry leaders OpenAI and Anthropic to stop feuding and work on a pacing proposal together. They'll cite antitrust, but that's fake -- antitrust prohibits certain agreements, but not from jointly developing a proposal. Bringing in USG before there's a concrete